ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,212, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to HERAEUS ELECTRO-NITE INTERNATIONAL N.V. (Houthalen, Belgium).
"Device and system for measuring a temperature of a molten metal" was invented by Christopher Hallam (Chesterfield, Great Britain), Mark Lee (Chesterfield, Great Britain), Ross Prodger (Chesterfield, Great Britain) and Paul A. Turner (Hartland, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a device and method for measuring a temperature of a molten metal bath. The device according to the present invention comprises a cored wire and a detector. The cored wire comprises an optical fiber, a first metal tube, a filler laye...